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Putney Swope is a 1969 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starring Arnold Johnson as the title character, a black advertising executive. The film satirizes the advertising world, the portrayal of race in Hollywood films and the nature of corporate corruption .
Putney Swope: Directed by Robert Downey Sr.. With Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon. The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman.
Sep 25, 2019 · The original trailer in high definition of Putney Swope directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield. ...more.
Putney Swope. The most popular film by Robert Downey Sr. is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, his voice dubbed by a gravelly Downey), the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman.
Each member, unable to vote for himself, casts a secret ballot for Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson), the firm's only black executive, assuming he wouldn't receive any votes...
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Professionally crafted and wholly independent in spirit, Putney Swope shocked critics and delighted counterculture would-be hipsters already tuned to the satiric wavelength of National Lampoon magazine. Putney Swope doesn't quite keep its comic invention going for all of its 85 minutes, but when it's cooking there's nothing like it.
